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Readings in Cantonese Colloquial: Being Selections From Books in the Cantonese Vernacular With Free and Literal Translations of the Chinese Character and Romanized Spelling (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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I wrote out in the same way Esop's fables in Thom's Edition, and committed them to memory, and would often recite one or two; but I did not print any of them. In 'this way I laboured to help me in acquiring an easy and intelligible style in preaching which was for years the chief object of my ambition.'
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1331841852
- ISBN 13 9781331841852
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages219
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